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DEL.ICIO.USUGA, Tech in running for Myles
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Darren Myles has guided several players through the recruiting process while coaching at Douglass, Crim and Carver-Atlanta.
But this year’s process will be even more special for Myles, whose son, Darren Myles Jr., is a highly-recruited defensive back. The younger Myles has been offered by 16 schools, including Georgia and Georgia Tech.
The 6-foot-3, 185-pound athlete was a first team all-state selection after helping lead Carver-Atlanta to the Class AAA playoffs. He plays quarterback, wide receiver and safety for the Panthers, who are coached by his father.
“I’ve always guided the players as if they were my sons when it came to recruiting,” said Myles, who played running back at Purdue. “It is very special to see and go through it with your own son.”
The Myles family will spend most of the spring break in April touring college campuses at Tennessee, Auburn, Alabama, Kentucky, UCF and Purdue. He said he hasn’t started to narrow his list, but will after making some visits.
As a junior, Myles had 60 tackles, six interceptions and 10 pass breakups. On offense, he had 15 receptions for three touchdowns and passed for two touchdowns and ran for another seven.
“It is great having someone like my dad around who knows the process,” Myles said. “It has been a pretty fun experience so far. I don’t have any favorites yet; they are all equal.”
While the elder Myles is proud of his alma mater and often wears Purdue apparel, he said his son will make the final decision.
“I’m not pushing him in any direction,” Coach Myles said. “What was a good choice for me might not be the best for him. We are going to chose the right situation for him.”
Carver running back Demond Dennis also has been offered by Alabama. Last season, he rushed for 1,605 yards and 13 touchdowns.
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By Jacketnation
March 25, 2008 11:05 AM | Link to this
Sounds like a good prospect. A lot better than Barack Hussein Osama, whom we don’t want as our President, nor do we need to hear his insane pastor’s racist mouth.
Back to football, looks like Tech is getting off to a good start recruiting.
By JustMe
March 25, 2008 11:07 AM | Link to this
Select a place where there are great academics and great football. Remember that the odds are very small for a pro career and you will need the education at some point in your future.
Of course, I would love it if you select GA Tech…. great academics and a great football tradition. In addition, it is in the middle of Atlanta with everything that has to offer. With a new coach, Johnson, we are building a new system where you can contribute from the ground, up - and where you also have a chance to start immediately. Become a Jacket!
By JustMe
March 25, 2008 11:09 AM | Link to this
Select a place where there are great academics and great football. Remember that the odds are very small for a pro career and you will need the education at some point in your future.
Of course, I would love it if you select GA Tech…. great academics and a great football tradition. In addition, it is in the middle of Atlanta with everything that has to offer. With a new coach, Johnson, we are building a new system where you can contribute from the ground, up - and where you also have a chance to start immediately. Become a Jacket!
By Jacketnation
March 25, 2008 11:10 AM | Link to this
Sounds like a good prospect. A lot better than Barack Hussein Osama, whom we don’t want as our President, nor do we need to hear his insane pastor’s racist mouth.
Back to football, looks like Tech is getting off to a good start recruiting.
By JustMe
March 25, 2008 11:11 AM | Link to this
Select a place where there are great academics and great football. Remember that the odds are very small for a pro career and you will need the education at some point in your future.
Of course, I would love it if you select GA Tech…. great academics and a great football tradition. In addition, it is in the middle of Atlanta with everything that has to offer. With a new coach, Johnson, we are building a new system where you can contribute from the ground, up - and where you also have a chance to start immediately. Become a Jacket!
By GA Tech Insider
March 25, 2008 11:21 AM | Link to this
Jacketnation;This is a sports blog. If you want to talk sports, please do so. If you want to talk politics, go somewhere else. Frankly, before you start calling anyone else a racist, maybe you need to read some of your own writings.
As far as Darren is concerned, he is a fine young man from a wonderful family. He will be successful no matter where he chooses to go because his priorities are in order. Congratulations, Coach Myles, family, and especially Darren Jr. You all deserve the credit.
By K
March 25, 2008 11:31 AM | Link to this
I will ask again! Why is there no talk of Joel Kight of MLK…AAAAA defensive player of the year? Does he not rate anywhere as on of the top players in the state? Will he not be an AJC super 11 to start the year? Why is this guy getting 0 pub? Somebody please tell me something!!!!
By CarolinaJacket
March 25, 2008 11:33 AM | Link to this
Good luck Darren. I hope you choose the Jackets, but if you don’t, I sincerely hope you pick the right school for you.
I agree with Insider. Please state your political opinions on political blogs. Lets talk sports here.
By Reggie
March 25, 2008 11:51 AM | Link to this
JacketNation
You sound like you really are a Dawg from Dublin.
By 78 Dawg
March 25, 2008 12:03 PM | Link to this
Myles you can play (or ride the bench) for the DAWGS and then go home and work on a garbage truck when your eligiblity is up. You don’t have to go to class at UGA and you can get arrested as much as you want and only be suspended if the games not on tv. How you like that jacketnation? One low life scum deserves another.
By Steve Superior
March 25, 2008 12:07 PM | Link to this
jacketnation Darren Myles is smart enough to know you’re a dog fan. He’s also smart enough to know how low you have to be to you race in such a way. He’s also smart enough to know that you’ll be the first one booing and name calling when I give ya’ll my annual puppy spankin’ in September, lol.
By zinoDawg
March 25, 2008 12:29 PM | Link to this
Yeah, be a Jacket. Play in a half full stadium that’s so boring it’s like watching paint dry. That’s a lot better that a sold out stadium full of 92,700 crazy fans. Get a life Jackets with your punk program.
By Steve Superior
March 25, 2008 12:29 PM | Link to this
jacketnation Darren Myles is smart enough to know you’re a dog fan. He’s also smart enough to know how low you have to be to you race in such a way. He’s also smart enough to know that you’ll be the first one booing and name calling when I give ya’ll my annual puppy spankin’ in September, lol.
By JJ
March 25, 2008 12:45 PM | Link to this
What is this “has been offered” crap? Sounds like some hip-hop slang or something.
By Hmmmmm
March 25, 2008 12:47 PM | Link to this
Pop another bud zinoDawg, sounds like your coming off your buzzzzzz….
By gt in sc
March 25, 2008 12:48 PM | Link to this
zinodawg, you ignorant slut. you people are the cesspool of the south and every school who has ever played you butt-sniffers agrees. you people have no class. by the way, how did the trailer hold up in storms?
By Realist
March 25, 2008 1:11 PM | Link to this
Darren Myles sounds like an excellent young man with a bright future. As a Georgia fan, I hope he lands in Athens but no matter what he decides, I wish him well. It sounds like his father has already instilled a great deal of wisdom in his son and is a tremendous asset to not only Darren Jr. but also to the other young men he has coached or coaches.
By GA Tech Insider
March 25, 2008 1:56 PM | Link to this
“78 Dawg”; Don’t stoop to their low standards. How about us “Techsters” try to keep these posts civil, even if others don’t?
If you don’t react, maybe they’ll eventually give up and go play somewhere else and let us real sports fans alone, regardless of whether we support GA Tech, UGA, Clemson, Auburn, Alabama, South Carolina, Florida, Tennessee, etc…
By GA Tech insider
March 25, 2008 2:01 PM | Link to this
I should have included gt in sc in my last post. Guys, let’s be above it, please? We are better than that.
It’s one thing to talk sports, its something totally different to make these types of rude comments.
By wap
March 25, 2008 2:22 PM | Link to this
This story was posted on UGA’s recruiting site as well as GT, so I don’t think anyone can claim it “as their own.” As far as academics, these are the stats I found for 2003.
UGA: average GPA 3.76 and average SAT of 1232, GT: average SAT score of 1337 and GPA of 3.79 Also from personal experience, >50% of my medical school class is from UGA, ~20% is from GT.
I guess my point is this, all of this vitriol and hatred being spewed against UGA on this site is childish and only serves to make GT look like what you apparently despise so much about UGA (namely ignorant).
Back to topic, I hope this kid makes a good well-informed decision. If he is planning on playing WR in college I don’t see how Tech could possibly be a good fit given Johnson’s system, seems to me he would be a better fit in an offense that will pass (like UGA ). Other than that, Go Dawgs!
By dmahone6365
March 25, 2008 2:33 PM | Link to this
Darren Myles Jr. is being recruited as a free safety, but can play multi position. He is very athletic so whatever college gets him will definitely find a spot on the field, whether it is offense or defense, for him to play. He has been a four-year player for his father and has really come into his own as a player.
By bulldog Dawg
March 25, 2008 2:50 PM | Link to this
Dont try to put that ignorance said by the “jackectnation” and put it on the dawgs. Jackect Nation you are an idiot.
By Sweet Home Alabama
March 25, 2008 4:09 PM | Link to this
I would advise a career at BAMA/.of course i am pregudice because i believe Bama is the best.
We will probably be in touch,you can play for the number 1 school in the south bar none.Georgia is going downhill fast and Tech is just a bunch of nerds .I dont like nERDS..
By mowreck
March 25, 2008 4:56 PM | Link to this
Has anyone heard if DJ has changed his mind about transferring … I thought I read he might consider coming back to the flats.
By cadman
March 25, 2008 5:57 PM | Link to this
Dear wap,
Learn how to use inequalities in an equation (“greater than” and “less than” for the rest of you pupps). Your stats are meaningless. Even youu could make a 4.0 in kindergarten. What does that prove? Every Tech man who ever got out could kill the curve at Ugag, big deal. As for med school, no one who majors in Bio/pre-med at Tech ever stays in the program. If you want to get into any med school you have to go to an undergrad program where you can make grades - that ain’t Tech.
Get a life - anyone can get in Tech, betcha can’t get out!
I have a degree from Tech, a grad degree from Emory and Ugag. The one from Tech was like making it through the Navy SEAL program. The other two were like making through a couple of episodes of American Idol.
Whine to somebody else about nerds. Nerds rule the world - and end up with the best looking women!
By TX DAWG
March 25, 2008 7:52 PM | Link to this
So much hostility on here. First Jacketnation and now cadman. Nation doesn’t even warrant a response because everyone can read through his moronic statement but Cadman, why so bitter?? Have you been labeled a nerd and feeling a little sensitive? Why is the subject of women even a topic on the sports blog? Frankly, not all of the so called best looking women have brains to match, so you’re leaving yourself open to further ridicule. Coming from a former Navy Special Weapons and Tactics Veteran, I don’t think that a Tech degree is anywhere comparable to SEAL. As a matter of fact, I think there would be less than a 1% ratio of graduates who would make it through the 1st week of training; especially considering I don’t recall any nerds in any SEAL units that I know.
In saying all of this, let’s keep the sports blogs for sports and personal opinions about schools for somewhere else, like the stands at the game or something.
By Born Football
March 25, 2008 8:28 PM | Link to this
“mowreck”, I believe DJ is headed to Purdue.
By Tokyo Jacket
March 25, 2008 10:03 PM | Link to this
Zeno dawg, check out the stadium at VT. They’re perenially one of the best stadiums for fans, visitors and home, regularly get Game Day there, and actually have classy fans.
I’ve been there twice and it’s way louder than UM, UGA, FSU, Clemson, and other “big” stadiums. Trust me, when the fan base is right, 60,000 people can sound like a million in a quarterback’s ear.
But you’re right, our stadium has been half full at times. I don’t think you’ll be seeing that for long. Home run ball puts buts in seats. That’s what CPJ brings to the table.
By Tech Wins! - AJC 11/30/2008
March 25, 2008 11:23 PM | Link to this
Sounds like “zinoDawg” sees the writing on the wall; or is that paint ….. he’s going to hate seeing the AJC headline on 11/30/2008 - a Tech win! Yep, the “punk progam” beats the pinnacle of programs…even sweeter for Tech fans.
By Potato Dawg
March 26, 2008 1:10 AM | Link to this
78Dawg Get a life! Don’t post when you’re high. You’re the garbage man. Take it out.
By Potato Dawg
March 26, 2008 1:11 AM | Link to this
78Dawg Get a life! Don’t post when you’re high. You’re the garbage man, so Take it out.
By CARVER ALUMNI
March 26, 2008 1:32 PM | Link to this
As an Alum of Carver-Atlanta, I am just proud to see one of our boys doing so well.. As a Georgia born and Georgia grown proud Peach. I would love for yong Mr. My Myles to keep his talent in the state.. We lose enough talent to the Alabama’s and florida’s as it is. So congrats young man and may you florish in the college ranks no matter where you land….
By CARVER ALUMNI
March 26, 2008 1:33 PM | Link to this
As an Alum of Carver-Atlanta, I am just proud to see one of our boys doing so well.. As a Georgia born and Georgia grown proud Peach. I would love for yong Mr. My Myles to keep his talent in the state.. We lose enough talent to the Alabama’s and florida’s as it is. So congrats young man and may you florish in the college ranks no matter where you land…. Go PANTHERS!!!!!!!
By Carver alum
March 26, 2008 1:35 PM | Link to this
As an Alum of Carver-Atlanta, I am just proud to see one of our boys doing so well.. As a Georgia born and Georgia grown proud Peach. I would love for yong Mr. My Myles to keep his talent in the state.. We lose enough talent to the Alabama’s and florida’s as it is. So congrats young man and may you florish in the college ranks no matter where you land…. Go PANTHERS!!!!!!!
By Dr. Merkwurdigliebe
March 26, 2008 6:14 PM | Link to this
Georgia Tech is in the hunt for Lamarlee Puff a 5’4” 380 lb. cornerback out of Doosh Nozzle South Carolina. In spite of his apparent size advantage the rising junior is sporting some serious speed. With a blazing 6.7 sec. 40 yd. dash, Tech has penciled Lamarlee as a starter. Defensive Coordinator Vern Asshat believes Puff will match up well against Chris Durham and Walter Hill. Coach Asshat was recently overheard saying, “We be likin dis kid against da Jawja wide outs, cuzz he gots da good mobility.”
By DawgsRulz
March 26, 2008 9:18 PM | Link to this
Very talented kid. Dawg nation would love to see him come over to Athens and be a DGD, but whatever he does I hope the best to him and his family. Great kid.
By flub
March 26, 2008 10:51 PM | Link to this
Dr. Merkwurdigliebe, How srupid can you get? Aparently not much, because I think you just went over the top. Everyone knows this kid is comitted to UGA’s feeder school GMA. Course, that depends on his getting out of the state feeder school, which I think is where you got your BULL S* degree. Yep, Ga. Hosp. for the mentally impaired.
By Charkey Cownty
March 28, 2008 6:23 AM | Link to this
flub: you’re a DA (ain’t no Distrik Aternie). Dr. Merkwurdigliebe dazzled with information but I have an update. Not only is Lemarlee Puff a ‘straight up’ guy, but he was rated 1st in his cooking class and voted most likely to start a fire.
By Burney
March 28, 2008 6:41 AM | Link to this
I reject this article as not having the requisite number of references to Gwinnett county schools. Brookwood was not mentioned either.
By oahu dawg phan
March 30, 2008 4:02 PM | Link to this
if you want to win go to UGA. if you want to lose go to tech. not a tough decision if you look at it in that aspect.